Grade 4 - English Language2.44 Subjects And Predicates

Parts of a Sentence

1) Subject: The subject of a sentence tells you who or what the sentence is about. A subject is either a common noun, a proper noun or a pronoun.

Examples:

Sally went to the store.Sally is the subject of the sentence.

The tired men and women walked home quietly.The tired men and women is the subject of the sentence.

2) Predicate: The predicate of a sentence tells what the subject is doing. The predicate contains the action, linking, and/or helping verb. In other words, rest of the sentence apart from the subject is the predicate.

Examples:

Sally went to the store.went to the store is the predicate of the sentence.

Jack and Jill had a great fall.had a great fall is the predicate of the sentence.

The predicate can be further subdivided into verb, complement, object, etc

A complement is that which describes the subject and completes the meaning of the sentence.Example: Jill sings well ('well' is the complement).

An object is another noun which shows the action of a transitive verb on itself.Example: Jill closed the door ('door' is the object).

Write at least one example for each of the sentence patterns described above.

As a homework, write at least ten sentences from any book and identify the subjects and predicates in them.

From the same book, find examples for each of the sentence patterns described in this chapter.

Q 1: What is the complete subject in this sentence? The happy boy rode his bike to the school and parked it next to the door.bikeboyThe happy boyschool

Q 2: What is the simple predicate in this sentence? Sally and Molly walked around the playground while watching Sue and Jan play on the slide.walkedwatchingwalked aroundSally and Molly

Q 3: What is the simple subject of this sentence? Jan went to the store to get some milk.Janwent to the store

Q 4: What is the complete predicate in this sentence? The three noisy boys refused to go to bed when their mother asked them.refused to go to bed when their mother asked them.refused to go to bedasked themrefused

Q 5: What is the simple predicate of this sentence? Ten students signed up for the swimming class this fall.ten studentssigned up for the swimming class this fall

Q 6: What is the simple predicate in this sentence? Sponge Bob chased the jellyfish with a net.netchasedjellyfishSponge Bob

Q 7: What is the simple predicate of this sentence? Miss H and Mrs. B learn to dance every Wednesday night at the stadium.atlearnto danceand

Q 8: What is the simple subject in this sentence? I ate the delicious meatballs that were served at the festival.festivalateImeatballs